AI Powers Three Mile Island’s Nuclear Plant Back to Life

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Big tech companies are striking deals to bring more nuclear power online to meet the energy demands of AI while curbing surging carbon emissions tied to data centers. Now, one provider of nuclear power is looking to bring Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island plant back to life, after closing it just five years ago. WSJ reporter Jennifer Hiller joins host James Rundle to explain what’s happening in Harrisburg. Plus, Meta is trying to appease European regulators by making Facebook and Instagram ads less personal. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	exchanges the goldman sacks podcast featuring exchanges on rates inflation and u.s recession risk
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0:26.3	Listen now.
0:31.7	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:36.1	It's Wednesday, November the 13th. I'm James Rundle for the Wall Street Journal.
0:41.2	Meta is changing how it serves up ads to Facebook and Instagram users in Europe by making them less personal.
0:47.4	We'll find out what's behind the change and how it could impact the company's business.
0:51.9	And then, when the Three Mile Island nuclear plant closed five years ago, it was a testament
0:57.2	to America's ambivalence about nuclear power.
1:00.2	Now, after striking a deal with Microsoft, Constellation Energy is making a $1.6 billion
1:06.0	bet that the appetite for power from artificial intelligence will change that.
1:19.1	But first, we're exclusively reporting that Meta is taking a new approach to Facebook and Instagram ads in Europe by giving users the option to make them less personalized.
1:24.1	The move is in response to pressure from European regulators,
1:27.3	who say that Facebook's free version
1:28.8	in Europe should also have the option, just like those who pay a monthly subscription fee to skip
1:33.7	ads altogether. To explain the situation and why it might not get meta out of hot water with
1:39.0	European authorities, we're joined by WSJ reporter Sam Schegner. Sam, why is Meta taking this approach?
1:46.4	The reason they're doing this is because EU regulators have said that they want
1:51.8	meta to offer a free version of their service that uses less of your data about what you do
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